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January 8, 2023
January 9, 2023(1 event)

6:00 pm: Writing for Children with José Chávez


January 9, 2023

(All Levels)

Alternating Mondays, 6:00-8:00 PM, Zoom, 1/9, 1/23, 2/6, 2/20, and 3/6/23.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Winter2023CWW

This workshop is designed to meet the needs of those who wish to write or are writing for children. We’ll explore the writing voice for children, define a “picture book,” story arc, story introductions, appropriate vocabulary, children’s poetry, and more. There will be time to flex our writing muscles and develop the beauty and strength of our “voice” for children.

José Chávez is a retired bilingual teacher and dedicates his life to writing. He's had poetry published in the Multilingual Educator Journal, Acentos Review, Inlandia Anthology and has written two award-winning bilingual poetry books for children. He lives in Riverside, CA, is married, and has three grown children.

January 10, 2023(2 events)

11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke


January 10, 2023

(All Levels)

Tuesdays, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM, Zoom, Weekly. Meetings resume January 10.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Winter2023CWW

Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members. All genres are welcome to be explored. Enrollment is limited.

Wil Clarke tolerates writing, but loves having written. He was born and spent 27 years of his life in Africa. He misses the guidance and wisdom of Celena Bumpus and is attempting to keep her legacy alive in her former students through Celena’s Scribes.

7:00 pm: “Beginning Flash and Micro Fiction” with John Brantingham


January 10, 2023

“Beginning Flash and Micro Fiction” with John Brantingham

Tuesdays, January 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2023

7:00-9:00 PM PT, on Zoom

Boot Camp cost is $100 for four weekly sessions.

To enroll: https://tinyurl.com/BrantinghamWrites

Get ready to launch your New Year with a new writing program from Inlandia! Esteemed poet, fiction writer, and teacher John Brantingham returns (online) to the Inland Empire for a series of writing boot camps you won’t want to miss. Choose one, two, three – or all four workshops and hone your craft like never before.

In the January boot camp, students will learn how flash and micro fiction differ from longer work. Students will gain the tools to write both stories and vignettes, and will workshop a number of their pieces. (Meets weekly on Zoom.)

January 11, 2023(1 event)

6:30 pm: All Genres Workshop with Victoria Waddle


January 11, 2023

(Int.-Adv.)

Alternating Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 PM, Zoom, 1/11, 1/25, 2/8, 2/22, and 3/8/22.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Winter2023CWW

In this multi-genre workshop, participants submit poetry and prose for biweekly critiques and receive feedback from other group members. Discussions include the craft of writing and the challenges writers face. The workshop leader provides biweekly articles and links related to participants’ work, particularly to problems that were discussed in the previous session.

Victoria is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer, with fiction and nonfiction published in literary journals and anthologies, including in Best Short Stories from The Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest. A collection of her short fiction, Acts of Contrition, was published by Los Nietos Press. Her chapbook The Mortality of Dogs and Humans is upcoming from Bamboo Dart Press in February 2023. Previously the managing editor of Inlandia: A Literary Journey, she helped to establish a yearly teen issue. In a previous life, she was a high school English teacher and librarian.

January 12, 2023(1 event)

11:00 am: All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello


January 12, 2023

(All Levels)

Thursdays, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Redlands Community Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave, Redlands, Weekly.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Winter2023CWW

This ongoing writing workshop meets weekly at Redlands Community Center. Memoir writing, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writing are all encouraged and welcome. Discover the pure joy of writing and creating with others in a supportive environment.

Mae Wagner Marinello has been a part of Inlandia since a 2008 writing workshop with Ruth Nolan. In 2014, she began facilitating a weekly writing workshop called Joslyn Joy Writers, at the Joslyn Senior Center in Redlands. During the pandemic lockdown, the weekly workshop continued on Zoom; it is now a hybrid class averaging between 10-20 combined participants on Zoom and in-person.

January 13, 2023
January 14, 2023(1 event)

10:00 am: Show Us! Don’t Tell Us! with Renee Gurley


January 14, 2023

(All Levels)

Alternating Saturdays, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Zoom, 1/14, 1/28, 2/11, 2/25, and 3/11/23.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Winter2023CWW

These five sessions will revolve around moving one’s writing from telling to showing.

Whether you’re a newbie or a seasoned writer, the chances are good that you’ve come up against this feedback and grumbled under your breath trying to figure out how, exactly, to show more than tell. In this workshop, writers will get down and dirty with ways to show and how to identify in their drafts where they are telling and how to enjoy transforming that telling into showing.

Gurley, MA, MFA, is a writer and English teacherwith over 20 years of experience with words, whose works have appeared in Coping Magazine, Lehigh Valley Woman’ s Journal, and Budget Press.